Archive for January 5, 2012

Springtime for Toxics
By Paul Krugman
Here’s what I wanted for Christmas: something that would make us both healthier and richer. And since I was just making a wish, why not ask that Americans get smarter, too?
Surprise: I got my wish, in the form of new Environmental Protection Agency standards on mercury and air toxics for power plants. These rules are long overdue: we were supposed to start regulating mercury more than 20 years ago. But the rules are
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Should Christians Ask: Who Would Jesus Vote For?
By Doug Bandow
Evangelical churches long have been called the Republican Party at prayer. The observation might be close to true in Iowa. And that should make American Christians nervous about their future in politics.
The relationship of religion and politics has been fraught with controversy since America's founding. In Europe a brutal mixture of church and state harmed both institutions: faith was perverted by power,
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Montana Supreme Court Upholds State's Corporate Campaign Spending Ban
By Mike Sacks
WASHINGTON -- The Montana Supreme Court has put itself on a collision course with the U.S. Supreme Court by upholding a century-old state law that bans corporate spending in state and local political campaigns.
The law, which was passed by Montana voters in 1912 to combat Gilded Age corporate control over much of Montana's government, states that a "corporation may not make ... an expenditure
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Tea Party Group Urges Small Businesses ‘Not To Hire A Single Person’ To Hurt Obama
By Marie Diamond
Congressional Republicans have acted shocked and offended at Democrats’ suggestions that they are intentionally sabotaging the economy to try to win back the White House in 2012. Republicans have refused to pass President Obama’s jobs plan — which experts estimate will create at least 1.9 million jobs — and proposed an alternative plan that
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A Relative Disaster
By Daris Howard
The church bulletin carried a notice for a genealogy class that was going to be offered in our local community. A friend of mine joked that I ought to take it to help me find out why I’m so nutty.
“Maybe you will learn that you have had squirrels in your family tree.”
“Very funny,” I replied.
But I must admit that the thought intrigued me. I have some old aunts that work on this kind of thing all of the time. They can tell me who my
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Colorado Department of Revenue
Press Release
Denver, CO, January 3, 2012 – Taxpayers are advised to start planning and organizing their records now for the income tax filing season. Don’t put off planning and filing until April. Starting early can save you time if you realize you need to obtain additional records. Then file quickly, easily and securely through any of several Colorado income tax electronic filing methods.
1. Discover the convenience of Revenue Online
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